Joshua Frank

Joshua Frank is co-editor of CounterPunch and co-host of CounterPunch Radio. His latest book is Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, published by Haymarket Books. He can be reached at joshua@counterpunch.org and his Bluesky handle is @joshuafrank.bsky.social.

Negev Nuclear Research Center

Israel’s nuclear deception: Flagrant lies and brazen hypocrisy

20 June 2025
In the mid-1950s, with the aid of France, Israel secretly began the construction of a large nuclear reactor in the Negev desert.
20 June 2025